Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-28
BLAINE's TRIP OVER THE SEA.
his companions on the Journey-A Pos
sibility That He Will Make tho Tour
with Mr.. ParneIl.

| MS companions on the JOurney-A Poi
sibility That He Will Make the Tou
with Mr.. ParneIl.
When Mr.. Blaine is enjoying q change {
scene acl oss the water he will not renal
idle, says an Augusta dispatch to the Ne,
York World.
| For man OF such activity and tireles
energy complete seclusion from politica
life would not rest him. To OCCUPY hi
mind and perhaps to assure himself tina
in his absence from America he is not beip
handicapped in the race for 1888, he will
devote what time his health will allow tt
placing himself prominently on record as 6
friend OF Ireland. Soon after his arriva
in England, it is stated by intimate friend,
here, Mr.. Blaine will visit Gladstone anC
put himself in cooperation with the great
leader Of the Home-Rule party. Undoubt
edly afterward he will. as one of the mos,
conspicuous men in America, be asked to
speak at dinners and also, perhaps, al
home-rule meetings. These invitations he
will accept. The more radical his view s.
the more attention his speeches will at.
potent, certainly, will be the effect on this
side OF the water.
CAMPAIGN IN IRELAND.
From England the Plumed knight will
make pilgrimage to Ireland. If it can be
arranged Parnell will accompany him, and
together the two statesmen-if the plan
should be carried out-will receive ova-
tiona from the people. address public
meetings and create such an enthusiasm
as no American citizen has yet received in
Ireland. Mr.. Blaine will have secured the
Endorsement OF Gladstone. and preceded
by this bis trip through Ireland would be a
grand triumphal tour, with warm well
come on every hand. Already the Maine
statesman is said to be the best known
American in Ireland. The three unfortu-
nate words uttered by the well-meaning
but short.sighted clergy man, Mr.. Burchard,
have concerned Mr.. Blaine greatly. To
this moro than any one thing he has al
ways attributed his defeat.
BuRcHARD's BLUNDER.
After the election Mr.. Blaine said to a
well-known Ex-Governor OF Maine. who
lives in Augusta, and is an intimate friend:
Governor, there are no three words in
the English language that could have done
me SO much harm just then as the ones Dr.
Burchard stumbled on. I have made it a
practice to have always an abstract, and
usually to 60 over the entire speech of
every one who is to speak when l do. All
through my trip over Ohio I knew every
night just what was going to be said. About
half the time found it necessary to cut
out things that were we'll meant bot would
make trouble. 1t never occurred to me
that Burchard would make any trouble.
As a matter OF fact didn't notice it when
he said it. There was a good deal of noise
and confusion, people talking to me and
one thing and another, and knew nothing
about it until next day, when the papers
all had it."
HIS TALK wILH PATRICK FORD.
It is said by people here who have had
Mr.. Blaine's confidence that for some
time the Maine statesman has been in
conference with prominent Irishmen. This
brings to mind the mysterious visit OF
Patrick Ford. editor OF the Irish World, to
Augusta last fall. Mr.. Ford made flying
visit and was driven directly to the Augusta
House from the train, when he refused to
register or give his name. Soon after his
arrival Mr.. Blaine drove up in bis carriage
and took Mr.. Ford on long drive down
the river to Hallowell. On their return
they were closeted together in Mr.. Ford's
room for several hours, and the latter left
suddenly on the midnight train. 1t is said
that Mr.. Blaine has had other interviews
with Mr.. Ford and that he has seen the
editors of the rest of the Irish newspapers.
His famous speech in Portland last summer,
which was severely commented on by the
English press, and his record as Secretary
of State touching upon English oppression,
have already gained him favor with the
Irish. Americans.
HIS COMPANIONS ON THE TRIP.
Joe Manley, Governor Bodwell and his
other faithful followers, who are reported
to be getting ready to accompany Mr..
Blaine, will accompany him. To Manley
will be intrusted the details OF the trip, as
usual. Apart from any question OF parti.
san advantage. as above outlined from
those who are not altogether friendly to
Mr.. Blaine here, the plan is striking one.
All America is interested in the great Par
liamcntary contest going on in our
mother country. and Mr.. Gladstone him
self has appealed to the United States for
sympathy and encouragement in his great
fight. There would therefore be no impro.
priety in Mr.. Gladstone calling upon per
haps the most eloquent, and certainly the
most prominent citizen OF the United
States, to aid in issue which is OF such i'm
portance to 80 many of his fellow-citizens.
And if James G. Blaine does deliver a
series OF speeches in England and Ireland,
will there ever have been just such an
other campaign in the history OF Great
Britain2